Rotterdam: facts
and figures
Location
Demografics
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Population |
629,902 (2016) |
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Age distribution |
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Surface |
319.35 kmē |
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Population density |
1,972 inh / kmē (average NL 408 inh/kmē) 5,108 inh/sqm |
| Ethnic composition | |
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Economy
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Main Economic Sectors |
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Employment |
308,344 persons at work in
Rotterdam (2015) |
| Rotterdam Workforce | 284,000 (2014) |
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Unemployment |
12% of the
Rotterdam workforce (2014) |
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National average 6.5% (2014) |
| Registered Unemployment Rotterdam and Netherlands 1991-2015 in % of total Workforce |
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| Largest Employers in Rotterdam Metro |
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| 2014 |
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| City of Rotterdam |
15.949 |
Government |
| Erasmus Medical Centre |
10.495 |
Health Care |
| Ahold (Albert Heijn, Etos, Gall&Gall, etc) |
7.388 |
Retail |
| Laurens |
5.808 |
Health Care |
| Police Unit Rotterdam |
5.454 |
Government |
| Eneco |
3.694 |
Industry and Utilities |
| Hogeschool Rotterdam (Applied Sciences) |
3.565 |
Education |
| ING |
3.168 |
Financial Services |
| Maasstad Hospital |
3.100 |
Health Care |
| Unilver Nederland |
2.984 |
Industry |
| Dirk van den Broek (Supermarkets) |
2.889 |
Retail |
| Post NL |
2.871 |
Transport and Mail |
| Erasmus University |
2.804 |
Education |
| RET (Public Transport) |
2.765 |
Transport and Mail |
| OBS Pluspunt (Public Primary Education) |
2.745 |
Onderwijs |
| Aafje |
2.602 |
Health Care |
| Humanitas |
2.550 |
Health Care |
| Pameijer |
2.504 |
Health Care |
| Argos Zorggroep |
2.425 |
Health Care |
| Sint Franciscus Hospital |
2.274 |
Health Care |
| Careyn |
2.258 |
Health Care |
| ABN Amro Bank |
2.245 |
Financial Services |
| Parnassia |
2.182 |
Health Care |
| Trigion Security |
2.129 |
Business Services |
| Shell Oil Refinery |
2.096 |
Industry |
Education
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Type |
number |
students |
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Universities |
1 |
17.416 |
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Colleges |
6 |
26.175 |
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Vocational |
8 |
23.175 |
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Secondary |
34 |
32.993 |
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Primary |
182 |
54.248 |
Government
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City Council |
Party |
Seats |
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| 2014 |
2010 |
2006 |
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| Leefbaar Rotterdam (local populist) | 14 |
14 |
14 |
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CDA
(Christian Democrats) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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PvdA (Labour / Social
Democrats) |
8 |
14 |
18 |
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VVD (Liberal /
Conservative) |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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D66 (Liberal Democrats) |
6 |
4 |
1 |
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Groenlinks (Green /
Ecologist) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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SP (Socialists) |
5 |
2 |
3 |
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SGP/CU (Christian
orthodox) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| NIDA (Muslim) | 2 |
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| PvdD (Animal Rights) |
1 |
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Executive |
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Leefbaar Rotterdam (local populist) | 3 |
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VVD (Liberal
/ Conservative) |
2 |
2 |
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CDA
(Christian Democrats) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| D66 (Liberal Democrats) |
2 |
2 |
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PvdA
(Labour / Social Democrats) |
3 |
3 |
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Groenlinks
(Green / Ecologist) |
1 |
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